Meeting management software assists in planning and guiding team meetings to ensure meetings are fruitful and focused. Users leverage these solutions to efficiently coordinate meetings with scheduling functionality, and they often integrate with calendar software for guaranteed visibility. Meeting management software also provides tools such as agenda creators, minutes recorders, and consensus trackers that facilitate productive meetings. Some options also offer limited task management capability for tasks based on action items decided in meetings.
While most meeting management software can be used for any type of meeting, some tools are designed for specialized types of meetings such as scrums, retrospectives, one-on-ones, and workshops. Some board management software includes aspects of meetings management, but such tools are specialized for meetings held by C-suite executives, board members, and committees.
To qualify for inclusion in the Meeting Management category, a product must:
- Create agendas for meetings
- Record meeting minutes via audio or text
- Provide consensus tools to facilitate in-person decision-making or discussion
- Outline action items and make tasks based on meeting proceedings
- Assist in coordinating and scheduling meetings
